lá breithe

Irish

Noun

lá breithe m (genitive singular lae bhreithe, nominative plural laethanta breithe)

1. birthday

Declension

Declension of lá breithe

Irregular

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative lá breithe laethanta breithe Vocative a lá breithe a laethanta breithe Genitive lae bhreithe laethanta breithe Dative lá breithe laethanta breithe

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an lá breithe na laethanta breithe Genitive an lae bhreithe na laethanta breithe Dative leis an lá breithe don lá breithe leis na laethanta breithe

Synonyms

• breithlá

Derived terms

• Lá Breithe Dé (“Day of Judgment”)
• lá breithe maith agat, lá breithe sona dhuit (“happy birthday”)

Related terms

• dáta breithe (“birthdate”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “birthday”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024